Where does “gelding” come from?
gelding (Middle Danish) comes from Old Norse geldingr, from Old Norse gelda, from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
Ancestry of “gelding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | geldingr | wether |
| 2 | Old Norse | gelda | to castrate; to geld, castrate |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *galdijaną | to geld, castrate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |